Chilean Miners, Trapped for 17 Days, Send Message to Surface 7.66K Max Read 08/22/10 07:30PM Filed to: Good News Good News Chile Miners Mine disasters Disasters Mines Chilean miners, trapped underground without contact for 17 days, sent a message to the surface saying that they were all alive. "The 33 of us in the shelter are well," read the note, "and could someone please DVR Mad Men."